就美国的设计界而言,1987年是一个丰收年。在这一年里出现了以往从未有过的辉煌景象。美国的设计大师们因其优异的工业设计而荣获了欧洲的两项最富盛名的设计大奖。波士顿的DESIGN CO-NTINUUM设计公司获得了COMPASSOD’ORO奖,米兰的这项设计奖是工业设计界的诺贝尔奖。该公司为一家意大利客户设计的一套结构复杂的医疗器械本可以是一只造型简洁的白盒子,然而,它却特别强调了色彩效果运用了操作者乐于遵循的,且引人注目的激发美感的设计手法,给操作者的工作带来了相当程度的乐趣。还有莉莎·克罗思(LisaKrohn),这位24岁的大学生就读于克兰布鲁克艺术学院工业设计专业,在芬兰造型艺术大奖赛中,她获得了高达七万美元的头等奖。这项竞赛是由芬兰 For the American design community, 1987 was a bumper year. In this year there has been a glorious sight that has never been seen before. American design gurus won two of Europe’s most prestigious design awards for their superior industrial design. The COMPASSODORO award was given to the DESIGN CO-NTINUUM design company in Boston and the design award in Milan for the Nobel Prize in industrial design. The company’s complex medical device, designed for an Italian customer, could have been a sleek, white box, but highlighted the color effect with an attractive and aesthetically pleasing aura that the operator would love to follow The design approach to the operator’s work has brought a considerable degree of pleasure. And Lisa Krohn, a 24-year-old college student enrolled in industrial design at Cranbrook Academy of Art, where she won first prize of up to $ 70,000 at the Finnish Grand Prix. This competition is by Finland